TIFF Unveils World Premieres For Jenna Ortega Pic ‘Finestkind’, Awkwafina & Sandra Oh Comedy ‘Quiz Lady’; Announces Centerpiece Programme
deadline.comTIFF today revealed their Centerpiece programme lineup which includes the Cannes Film Festival-winning Wim Wenders movie, Perfect Days.
The festival also revealed another couple of star-driven world premieres that being Paramount’s Finestkind starring Jenna Ortega, Ben Foster and Tommy Lee Jones as well as 20th Century Studios/Hulu’s Awkwafina, Sandra Oh and Will Ferrell comedy, Quiz Lady.
Finestkind comes from Oscar winner Brian Helgeland which follows two brothers who are pulled into a deal with an organized crime syndicate in Boston.
The pic is playing as one of TIFF’s galas. Quiz Lady follows a brilliant but tightly wound, gameshow-obsessed young woman, Anne (Awkwafina), and her estranged, train-wreck of a sister Jenny (Oh), must work together to help cover their mother’s gambling debts.
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